About

TED created a program called TEDx in 2009 in which it granted licenses to local self-organized groups so that they may bring people together to share a TED-like experience.

About TEDxPeachtree

TEDxPeachtree seeks to bring the TED experience to Georgia and is one of the most established TEDx groups in the state. At our event, recorded TEDTalks and live speakers from Georgia and beyond share ideas to solve macro and micro challenges in a day-long conference. TEDxPeachtree talks over the last five conferences have sparked deep discussion, connection, collaboration and lasting impact.

The TED Conference provides general guidance to TEDx groups but individual TEDx events, including ours, are self-organized in content and financial support. We are an all-volunteer team of dedicated professionals who share a passion for ideas worth sharing and who believe that we can all make an impact when we – business and civic leaders, innovators, scientists, artists and entertainers – come together.

Meet the TEDxPeachtree team. If you are interested in volunteering for TEDxPeachtree 2014, please see list of available volunteer roles here.

2014 TEDxPeachtree Conference Theme

The speakers each year are curated around a central theme and for 2014, the theme is “Illuminate!” For more information about the theme and about speaking at TEDxPeachtree 2014, click here.

As always, we welcome ideas from all disciplines and not just technology, entertainment and design.

About TED

TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Started as a four-day conference in California 25 years ago, TED has grown to support those world-changing ideas with multiple initiatives. The annual TED Conference invites the world’s leading thinkers and doers to speak for 18 minutes. Their talks are then made available, free, at TED.com. TED speakers have included Bill Gates, Al Gore, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Nandan Nilekani,Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Isabel Allende and UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

The annual TED Conference takes place in Long Beach, California, with simulcast in Palm Springs; TEDGlobal is held each year in Oxford, UK. TED’s media initiatives include TED.com, where new TEDTalks are posted daily, and the Open Translation Project, which provides subtitles and interactive transcripts as well as the ability for any TEDTalk to be translated by volunteers worldwide. TED has established the annual TED Prize, where exceptional individuals with a wish to change the world are given the opportunity to put their wishes into action; TEDx, which offers individuals or groups a way to host local, self-organized events around the world, and the TEDFellows program, helping world-changing innovators from around the globe to become part of the TED community and, with its help, amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities. Follow TED on Twitter or on Facebook.